Slog - Comments on Musicians Score Win in Webcasting Debate http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/musicians_score_win_in_webcasting_debate Indie musicians forced SoundExchange (the group that collects fees from Internet radio stations) to live up to its claim that it represents artists. Here's the deal: During negotiations yesterday between SoundExchange and webcasters over the fees that webcasters must pay labels and musicians, the musicians—who find themselves stuck between SoundExchange and the webcasters—secured a win. At the meeting in New York, SoundExchange and DiMA (Digital Media Association, the lobbying group for webcasters) agreed that any final plan on payments will include a 24/7 census of all the songs played on the web, so that an accurate accounting exists. The list... Copyright 2008 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:12:12 -0800 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:26:41 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Levislade Yesss!!!

I was actually going to comment on this very topic on yesterday's post, but then didn't. I know I've had some (if minimal) play on various Internet media, but my name is not in their database. So glad this will be corrected.

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/musicians_score_win_in_webcasting_debate#c790418 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/musicians_score_win_in_webcasting_debate#c790418 Politics Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:20:03 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo The RIAA likes to make similar claims about protecting artists, which is pretty hilarious if you examine who they represent.

I agree with Mr. Levislade that this is a good thing, although it will be interesting to see how it plays out in practice. I still haven't figured out how independent artists wiil get paid by this system, or what it intends to do about Creative Commons licenses or similar arrangements where artists waive certain claims to revenue because they want their music to be more widely distributed.

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/musicians_score_win_in_webcasting_debate#c790445 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/musicians_score_win_in_webcasting_debate#c790445 Politics Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:50:14 -0800 Comment by Joshua H Wait... so until just now, the indie artists weren't getting paid? Why were you arguing beforehand that they were?

]]> Joshua H http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/musicians_score_win_in_webcasting_debate#c790474 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/musicians_score_win_in_webcasting_debate#c790474 Politics Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:19:19 -0800 Comment by Levislade @3 - Some artists were getting paid, but it wasn't based on complete, 24-hour playlists (because that would be so hard in this day and age). I believe that, like radio, it was based on random samples extrapolated out, so that people that only got played here (smaller indies) got the shaft.

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/musicians_score_win_in_webcasting_debate#c790488 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/musicians_score_win_in_webcasting_debate#c790488 Politics Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:30:36 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I can't see how any system could possibly encompass more than a tiny fraction of all music plays, or possibly be enforced. The RIAA likes to send letters to restaurants that play music over the PA, demanding money, but what are they going to do about things like last.fm, or any of the zillion blogs out there?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/musicians_score_win_in_webcasting_debate#c790509 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/musicians_score_win_in_webcasting_debate#c790509 Politics Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:50:58 -0800 Comment by Pico Why isn't this on Lineout?

]]> Pico http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/musicians_score_win_in_webcasting_debate#c790601 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/musicians_score_win_in_webcasting_debate#c790601 Politics Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:26:41 -0800